Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900
by Sitwell, Sacheverell; Handasyde Buchanan and James Fisher
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0871132850
- ISBN 13
- 9780871132857
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990 Book. Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. Folio. Folio. xi (i), 180 pp, 52 full-page full-color illus. Stated First Printing, 1990 with the "Culmenated Toucan" Lithograph by Edward Lear for John Gould's A Monograph of the Ramphastidae on front cover of dj (not "The Hoopoe, Bulfinch et al on the half-title common to later printings). Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 9.5" x 12.25". Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "This new edition, which was originally published 35 years ago in London in a limited edition, includes an introduction by Handasyde Buchanan and a forward by S. Dillon Ripley.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005847
- Title
- Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900
- Author
- Sitwell, Sacheverell; Handasyde Buchanan and James Fisher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- New Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0871132850
- ISBN 13
- 9780871132857
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE NATURAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- Folio
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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